X-Factor Vol 1 78

X-Factor Vol 1 #78

May, 1992

Editor-in-Chief

Tom DeFalco

Cover Artists

Joe Quesada
Jimmy Palmiotti

Publisher

Marvel Comics

"Playing With Fire!"
Writers Peter David Pencilers Larry Stroman Brandon Peterson Inkers Al Milgrom Colourists Mike Thomas Letterers Dave Sharpe Editors Bob Harras

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Appearing in "Playing With Fire!"Edit

Featured Characters:

• X-Factor
  • Havok (Alex)
  •  Multiple Man (Jamie) 
  •  Polaris (Lorna) 
  •  Quicksilver (Pietro) 
  • Strong Guy (Guido)
  • Valerie Cooper
  •  Wolfsbane (Rahne) 

Supporting Characters:

• X-Men
  •  Cyclops (Scott) 
  • Professor X

Adversaries:

• Stryfe
• The Mutant Liberation Front
  • Tempo
  • Wildside
  • Strobe
  • Reaper
  • Forearm
  • Zero

Other Characters:

• Hairbag (Mr. Suggs)
•  Mister Sinister 
• Doctor Tucker - (Death)
• Victoria Wang, public defender
• MLF medics

Locations:

• Washington, D.C.
  • Georgetown
    • X-Factor headquarters
• Kansas City
  • Tucker Free Clinic

Items:

• Cyclops' Visor

Vehicles:

• X-Factor jet
  
  

Synopsis for "Playing With Fire!"Edit

X-Factor faces the M.L.F. at a clinic where the doctor claims to be able to detect the gene that creates mutation an can remove it before birth.

NotesEdit

• Reaper loses the lower half of his right leg after Zero's portal is disrupted.
• This issue is reprinted in other comics and books, see references for more info.^[1]
  

TriviaEdit

• No trivia.

See Also

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• Cover gallery for the X-Factor series

Recommended ReadingEdit

Links and ReferencesEdit

• X-Factor at Wikipedia
• X-Factor at Marvel Subscriptions
• X-Factor series index at Comicbookdb.com
• X-Factor series index at Uncanny X-Men.net
• X-Factor series index at the Grand Comics Database Project
• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 11/7/2010

References